Tuesday, 3 March 2015

10 Rubbish Things About Being A Graduate

Underneath all of the fantastic memories, the Tuesday
lie-ins, the endless parties, the acceptable dress up, University left us
graduates set up for a massive fall. Behind the initial pride of being able to
say ‘yes, I’m a recent graduate’, there is also a huge pain as you realise you
are now a graduate. Not a student. And
being a graduate comes with its own pitfalls…

1 – Everyone expects you to know every. Single. Word. In the
English dictionary. And when you can’t answer what Hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomies
means, you are met with disgusted stares, and ‘Didn’t you do an English degree?’
snorts. I didn’t sit and STUDY THE DICTIONARY GUYS. (btw, that word means surgical
creation of a connection between the gall bladder and a hepatic duct and
between the intestine and the gall bladder.)

2 – You can no longer nap. Gone are the sweet sweet days of
3pm naps after you’ve done a tough 20 minutes of work (ahem). Nope, unless you
are unemployed, work in retail, or have a very lenient boss, chances are naps
are a thing of the past. You now are actually expected to be AWAKE MOST OF THE
DAY. Ridiculous.

3 – Moving on from this, you actually find yourself waking up at 7am at the weekends.
That body clock is well and truly tuned into adult timings these days, and even
when it’s a Saturday, you still find yourself wide awake at 8am, despite your
best efforts to keep your eyes closed.

4 – You realise just how precious the weekends are. You are
officially living for the weekend….

5-…and how quickly the weekends go by. Especially if you
spend Friday night binge-watching Netflix, followed by a massive night out on
Saturday shadowed by a HUGE Sunday hangover. Gotta make those 2 days count my
friends.

6 – You have to hear the smug comments from people who didn’t
go to uni saying ‘Oh, you’re STILL interning?’ or realising those people who
went into employment are now putting deposits down on houses, whilst you’re
struggling to pay your mum that £5 you borrowed to get some deodorant. Did I do
the right thing here???

7 – You are now bunged into a group called the ‘millennials…generation
y…the boomerang generation’, and you are officially deemed lazy, entitled and a
scrounger by others (especially The Daily Mail). It doesn’t matter that you
went to school, uni, did 10 internships and then got yourself a smashing
graduate job. So that’s fair.

8 – You can no longer see your uni friends every day. Long
gone are the days of popping round to your mates to watch Made In Chelsea, that
person lives 100 miles away, and is a teacher so is probably in bed by 10pm on
a Monday. These people are fully fledged adults
these days. That guy who you always used to rap Kanye’s bit with in American Boy? He’s an accountant, and
has a car on finance. Those girls who you used to eat noodles with for dinner?
They’re posting pictures of their avocado brunch on Instagram. People change.

9 – Even worse, some of your friends may STILL BE AT UNI,
due to being on a placement year or having had a year abroad. You have to live
their final year in a state of depression as you see their pictures upload, or
when you wake up at 6:30am and they’re just getting home. Just bide your time, soon they will be
graduates too. Mwahaha.

10 – and finally, realising that very very soon, you will be
LAST year’s graduates. So, therefore, not a graduate at all. Just a person who
graduated from university. But never fear, when you’re using your uni skills to
boss your new job, and your social skills to make amazing friendships, and laughing hysterically at uni memories with your old flat mates, you’ll realise it isn’t
so bad.

Let’s face it, you can take the girl away from uni, but you
can’t take uni away from the girl.

7 comments

Nooooo!! I've almost finished my second year of uni and I'm DREADING what's coming after! Although I stayed at home because uni fees went up so I can't afford accomodation... So I guess maybe there will be less to miss?! ^.^

I'm finishing uni in May and tonight I'm about to do a late night as I need to do my dissertation. I honestly can say I can't wait for this to be over. I don't know about you, but ever since I came to uni there has only been drama, drama, drama. One sure thing i'm going to miss is my independence. That sweet independence.

I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry while reading this post because it's so accurate! It's scary how much things change so quickly. I graduated a few years ago ad I still struggle with friends living so far away and being busy with full time jobs and long term partners - I'm just waiting on the weddings and babies phase to start...